Module 7: Brain and Hormones

Question 1

Hormones

Answer 1

organic chemical messengers produced and release bu specialized glands, endocrine glands

Question 2

Testosterone

Answer 2

common type of androgen, promotes sperm productiona nd male secondary sexual charac; promotes sexual motivation and behavior, by being converted to estradiol

Question 3

Estradiol

Answer 3

Common type of estrogen, uterine and other female tissue dev; regulates sexual motivation and performance in females and males

Question 4

Progesteron

Answer 4

common type of Progestin

Question 5

Cortisol

Answer 5

common type of gluccocorticoid, increase carb metabolism, mediates stress repomnses

Question 6

Oxytocin

Answer 6

stimulates milk letdown and uterine contractions during birth; promotes social bonding

Question 7

Prolactin

Answer 7

reproduction, water balance, behavior associated with parental care

Question 8

Thyroxine

Answer 8

increases oxidation rates in tissue and affects neural dev

Question 9

Vasopressin

Answer 9

Increases water reabsorption in the kidney and affects learning and memory

Question 10

Central Nervous System (CNS)

Answer 10

=Brain and spinal cord

Question 11

Brain stem

Answer 11

most basic structure of brain and is located at top of spine and bottom of brain
- in charge of basic life support functions

Question 12

Limbic System

Answer 12

collection of highly specialized neural structures that sit at the top of the brain stem, like regulating our emotions

Question 13

Cerebellum

Answer 13

coordinates actions without need for conscious awareness

Question 14

Cerebrum

Answer 14

most advanced portion

- processes with more awareness and voluntary control (speaking, planning)

Question 15

Occipital Lobe

Answer 15

Visual

Question 16

Temporal

Answer 16

Sounds and Smells

Question 17

Parietal

Answer 17

Touch and Taste

Question 18

Frontal

Answer 18

Behavioral motor plans, highly complicated processes (speech, creative problem solving, planning and organization)

Question 19

Primary Motor Cortex

Answer 19

strip running from side of brain in charge of voluntary movements

Question 20

Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

Answer 20

carries signals necessary for body to survive

- Somatic and Autonomic (sympathetic and Parasympathetic)

Question 21

Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

Answer 21

records metabolic activity in brain by deteting amount of radioactive substances, injected into bloodstream

Question 22

Functional Magnetic Resonance (fMRI)

Answer 22

relies on blood flow

Question 23

Electroencephalography (EEG)

Answer 23

measures electrical brain activity instead of blood flow, but poor spatial resolution

Question 24

Diffuse Optional Imaging (DOI)

Answer 24

shine infrared light into the brain